THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, January 9, 1997 TAG: 9701090441
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B2 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
TYPE: Local Briefs
LENGTH: 16 lines
The commercial striped bass season for gill nets in the Atlantic Ocean will close at 6 p.m. today.
Fisheries regulators predict that the quota of 86,000 pounds will be reached.
The commercial striped bass season for ocean trawls will open Feb. 1.
For more information, call Harrel Johnson at the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, (919) 264-3911 or (800) 338-7805.